Board wants options on Evans -- or maybe not

Sentinel School Zone

December 17, 2008|By Erika Hobbs, Sentinel Staff Writer

Superintendent Ron Blocker could bring back to the School Board the plan to close Evans. Or rebuild it. Or maybe not. Confused? We are. And so is the board, the entity charged with deciding what to do with the 50-year-old school (right). We reported last week that the board opted not to appeal the County Commission's decision that bars OCPS from relocating Evans to its freshman campus. Vicky Bell, who made the motion, asked Blocker to bring back options. Many of her colleagues interpreted that to mean that he could bring back a litany of ideas. Not so, Bell says. He is to bring back rebuilding ideas only. So what exactly did the board decide to do? Some board members said they decided to have Blocker bring back building ideas; others said he had more leeway. And three others avoided my questions.